| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | 
| Year: | 1966 | 
| Number: | 80 - 0 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| Name: | Alfred Charles Bernard   Lovell | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1913 | 
| Year, Death: | 2012 | 
| Profession: | Professor, Jodrell Bank | 
| City: | Manchester | 
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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| Name: | Martin  Ryle | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1918 | 
| Year, Death: | 1984 | 
| Profession: | Dr | 
| University: | University of Cambridge | 
| City: | Cambridge | 
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1974 | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | William Lawrence   Bragg | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1890 | 
| Year, Death: | 1971 | 
| Profession: | Physicist | 
| City: | London | 
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1915 | 
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